A Treatise on Domestic Economy

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A Treatise on Domestic Economy is an influential 19th-century manual by Catharine Beecher that promotes scientific household management and women’s education in domestic responsibilities.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
domestic science manual ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
advocates moral and religious education in the home ⓘ
scientific household management ⓘ
systematic domestic training for women ⓘ
author Catharine Beecher ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
emphasizes efficiency in domestic work ⓘ
health and hygiene in the household ⓘ
women’s responsibility for the moral order of the home ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1841 ⓘ
genre conduct literature ⓘ
domestic economy ⓘ
educational manual ⓘ
home economics ⓘ
hasPart chapters on child-rearing ⓘ
chapters on diet ⓘ
chapters on health ⓘ
chapters on house design ⓘ
chapters on household labor organization ⓘ
hasTheme education as preparation for domestic life ⓘ
separate spheres ideology ⓘ
women’s domestic duty ⓘ
historicalSignificance early American home economics text ⓘ
influential in shaping 19th-century domestic ideology ⓘ
used in female seminaries ⓘ
influencedBy Protestant moral reform ⓘ
cult of domesticity ⓘ
intendedAudience American women ⓘ
female teachers ⓘ
housewives ⓘ
intendedUse guide for household management ⓘ
textbook for schools ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressSubject Home economics—United States—History ⓘ
Women—Education—United States—History ⓘ
mainSubject domestic responsibilities ⓘ
domestic science ⓘ
household management ⓘ
women’s education ⓘ
placeOfPublication Boston ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publisher Thomas H. Webb & Co. ⓘ
relatedAuthor Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ
relatedWork The American Woman’s Home ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 19th-century American middle-class life ⓘ

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The American Woman's Home → relatedWork → A Treatise on Domestic Economy ⓘ